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Regulating Migrants as a Low-Cost Solution for Long-Term Care: The Formalisation of a Dual Care Labour Market in Austria

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The Political Economy of Household Services in Europe

Part of the book series: Work and Welfare in Europe ((RECOWE))

Abstract

This chapter deals with various aspects and consequences of a gradual regulation of labour in the area of domestic and care services over recent years in Austria. While this development shows some similarities to other coordinated market economies in Europe, it also reveals specific features that may be explained by a particular Austrian pathway to construct ‘functional equivalents’ to family care in the context of a ‘conservative’ welfare regime.

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  1. Juliane Winkelmann
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Cergy-Pontoise, France

    Clément Carbonnier (Assistant Professor in Economics) (Assistant Professor in Economics)

  2. Sciences Po, France

    Nathalie Morel (Assistant Professor in Political Science) (Assistant Professor in Political Science)

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Winkelmann, J., Schmidt, A.E., Leichsenring, K. (2015). Regulating Migrants as a Low-Cost Solution for Long-Term Care: The Formalisation of a Dual Care Labour Market in Austria. In: Carbonnier, C., Morel, N. (eds) The Political Economy of Household Services in Europe. Work and Welfare in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137473721_8

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